1967 Des Moines Warriors (PFLA) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Division • 7-4-1 .636 |
| Head Coach: Don Branby |
| Ray Fidler | Assistant Coach |
| Pete Goeser | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Sat | 8/12/1967 | A | Oklahoma City Plainsmen | 6 | 10 | L | Oklahoma City, OK | Taft Stadium | 5228 | |
| Sun | 8/20/1967 | A | Joliet Chargers | 14 | 17 | L | Joliet, IL | West Jefferson Stadium | 2670 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1967 | H | Chicago Owls | 28 | 7 | W | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 3329 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1967 | A | Omaha Mustangs | 35 | 41 | L | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 5388 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1967 | H | Oklahoma City Plainsmen | 33 | 7 | W | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 5811 | |
| Sat | 9/16/1967 | A | Quad-City Raiders | 59 | 19 | W | Davenport, IA | Municipal Stadium | ||
| Sat | 9/23/1967 | H | Alabama Hawks | 13 | 14 | L | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 5545 | |
| Sat | 10/7/1967 | H | Joliet Chargers | 7 | 0 | W | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 3000 | |
| Sat | 10/14/1967 | A | Chicago Owls | 34 | 0 | W | Niles, IL | |||
| Sat | 10/21/1967 | H | Omaha Mustangs | 45 | 7 | W | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 5592 | |
| Sat | 10/28/1967 | A | Oklahoma City Plainsmen | 17 | 17 | T | Oklahoma City, OK | Taft Stadium | ||
| Sat | 11/4/1967 | H | Quad-City Raiders | 70 | 6 | W | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 1200 | |
| Sat | 11/11/1967 | A | Alabama Hawks | 14 | 28 | L | Huntsville, AL | Milton Frank Stadium | 5396 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ron Acks | 40 | SS-RLB | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Illinois | ||
| Bruce Airheart | 23 | FS-FB | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | North Dakota State | ||
| Bob Antulov | 82 | LDE | 6-7 | 242 | 25 | Columbia Basin JC; Nebraska | ||
| Bob Baier | 75 | ROT | 6-3 | 293 | 23 | Simpson | ||
| Tony Baker | 44 | FB-HB | 5-11 | 224 | 22 | Iowa State | ||
| Bill Barber | DB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Colorado State-Pueblo; Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Martine Bercher | 30 | FS | 6-0 | 182 | 23 | Arkansas | ||
| John Berrington | 54 | MLB | 6-3 | 220 | 24 | Iowa State | ||
| Jack Bestrom | OE | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Carleton | |||
| Rick Boals | RB | 5-11 | 207 | 24 | none | |||
| Mel Boehland | 76 | RDT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | North Dakota | ||
| Bill Brooks | 77 | LDT | 6-0 | 232 | 22 | Iowa State | ||
| Keith Browne | 87 | SE | 6-5 | 215 | 23 | College of Emporia; Central Missouri | ||
| Carl Campbell | OE | 6-0 | 210 | 20 | none | |||
| Dennis Christiansen | 10 | P-K | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Coast Guard | ||
| Al Coleman | 21 | RCB | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Jackson State; Tennessee State | ||
| Nat Craddock | 45 | FB | 6-0 | 220 | 27 | Parsons | ||
| Vern Dickey | 20 | HB-LCB-FB | 5-11 | 195 | 23 | Kansas | ||
| Paul Faust | 52 | LLB | 6-0 | 220 | 24 | Minnesota | ||
| Julius Guy | LS | 5-11 | 182 | 23 | Cisco JC; Wichita State | |||
| Ron Halda | 33 | RLB-SS-K | 5-11 | 207 | 24 | Iowa State | ||
| Pat Hodgson | SE | 6-2 | 190 | 23 | Georgia | |||
| Vern Johnson | C | 6-4 | 222 | 25 | Wiley | |||
| Tom Knutson | 81 | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 22 | Iowa | ||
| Bob Kolbrener | 31 | K | 5-10 | 175 | 25 | Oklahoma; Washington-St. Louis | ||
| Wayne Lueders | 65 | LLB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Iowa State | ||
| Mark Manders | 69 | ROG | 6-1 | 219 | 29 | Iowa | ||
| George Maurer | OE | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | Iowa State | |||
| J.V. McCarthy | G | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Duke | |||
| John McSwaney | 64 | LOG | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | Iowa; Parsons | ||
| Tim Murphy | 5 | QB | 6-0 | 175 | 25 | Air Force | ||
| Jerry Pope | 70 | RDE | 6-3 | 244 | 21 | Southern University | ||
| John Powers | 80 | TE | 6-2 | 211 | 27 | Notre Dame | ||
| Walt Ramsey | 51 | C | 6-0 | 240 | 22 | Ouachita Baptist | ||
| Ron Royer | 11 | QB | 5-10 | 190 | 22 | Drake | ||
| Jim Rupert | 66 | LDT | 6-2 | 245 | 22 | Morningside | ||
| Dale Schwertfeger | DE | 6-5 | 245 | 26 | Montana | |||
| Jerry Shay | DT | 6-3 | 245 | 23 | Purdue | |||
| John Skipper | 85 | TE | 6-2 | 214 | 24 | none | ||
| Bruce Stephenson | 50 | RDT | 5-9 | 222 | 27 | none | ||
| Dave Tobey | LB | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Oregon | |||
| Paul Tomich | 74 | LOT | 6-4 | 257 | 22 | Drake | ||
| C.T. Traylor | HB | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Drake | |||
| Ted Tuinstra | ROT-DT | 6-6 | 280 | 22 | Iowa State | |||
| Steve Valasek | 24 | FL | 5-10 | 170 | 24 | Wright JC; Drake | ||
| John Van Sicklen | DE | 6-0 | 237 | 24 | Iowa State | |||
| Dick Wagoner | 32 | SS | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Bowling Green State | ||
| Ron Washington | 22 | CB | 5-11 | 187 | 23 | Northwestern Oklahoma State | ||
| Sharron Washington | RCB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Truman State | |||
| Mike Wessels | LB | 6-1 | 212 | 22 | Central Oklahoma | |||
| Lou Williams | 26 | RCB | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Iowa | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 86 | 116 | 71 | 96 | 369 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 33 | 50 | 45 | 163 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Baker | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||||
| Bob Kolbrener | 0 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 57 | ||||
| Keith Browne | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||
| Steve Valasek | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Vern Dickey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Tim Murphy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Nat Craddock | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Pat Hodgson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| John Powers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Bruce Airheart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Martine Bercher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Al Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bruce Stephenson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ron Halda | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Dennis Christiansen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 51 | 42 | 51 | 82.4 | 7 | 0 | 369 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 19 | 22 | 86.4 | 4 | 0 | 163 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vern Dickey | 138 | 811 | 5.9 | 3 | |
| Tony Baker | 143 | 790 | 5.5 | 12 | |
| Nat Craddock | 74 | 237 | 3.2 | 4 | |
| Bruce Airheart | 17 | 104 | 6.1 | 1 | |
| Tim Murphy | 57 | 77 | 1.4 | 5 | |
| Ron Halda | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Valasek | 1 | -16 | -16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ron Royer | 13 | -18 | -1.4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Murphy | 233 | 123 | 52.8 | 1840 | 7.9 | 15.0 | 20 | 8.6 | ||||||||
| Ron Royer | 34 | 20 | 58.8 | 261 | 7.7 | 13.1 | 1 | 2.9 | ||||||||
| Bruce Airheart | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Vern Dickey | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 41 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 158.3 | ||||
| Martine Bercher | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 79.2 | |||
| Team Totals | 22 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Browne | 43 | 694 | 16.1 | 9 | |
| Steve Valasek | 29 | 383 | 13.2 | 6 | |
| John Powers | 17 | 385 | 22.6 | 2 | |
| Nat Craddock | 14 | 106 | 7.6 | 0 | |
| Pat Hodgson | 13 | 235 | 18.1 | 3 | |
| Tony Baker | 13 | 141 | 10.8 | 1 | |
| Vern Dickey | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Bob Kolbrener | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Airheart | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Ron Halda | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martine Bercher | 1 | ||||
| Vern Dickey | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Halda | 28 | 1081 | 38.6 | |||||||
| Dennis Christiansen | 14 | 514 | 36.7 | |||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Stephenson | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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